Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Customs intelligence has seized a consignment of seven cigarette-making and packing machines brought into Chittagong Port as packing and wrapping machines.

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) announced the seizure in a media statement on Thursday. It had impounded the consignment on Wednesday.

CIID's examination found an HPL 225 cigarette maker, HPL packer, HPL feeder, HPL gluing machine, CP1 cigarette pack wrapping machine, SASIB boxer cigarette packing machine and a cigarette film or cellophane overwrapper.

Besides packing equipment, the consignment holds the core cigarette-making machine. CIID said the machines could have been used to run an entire cigarette factory.

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